Tales of the Jazz Age [Paperback]

Fitzgerald's second collection of short stories in the authoritative Cambridge edition, now available as a paperback.Fitzgerald's second collection of short stories, Tales of the Jazz Age (1922), includes at least two masterpieces --'May Day' and 'The Diamond as Big as the Ritz'. Tales of the Jazz Age and Other Stories reproduces Tales of the Jazz Age in full, along with several uncollected stories from the early 1920s, including 'Dice, Brassknuckles and Guitar', which closely anticipates the themes and characters of The Great Gatsby. James L. W. West III traces the textual history of the stories, and provides detailed historical notes, references and glosses.Fitzgerald's second collection of short stories, Tales of the Jazz Age (1922), includes at least two masterpieces --'May Day' and 'The Diamond as Big as the Ritz'. Tales of the Jazz Age and Other Stories reproduces Tales of the Jazz Age in full, along with several uncollected stories from the early 1920s, including 'Dice, Brassknuckles and Guitar', which closely anticipates the themes and characters of The Great Gatsby. James L. W. West III traces the textual history of the stories, and provides detailed historical notes, references and glosses.Fitzgerald's second collection of short stories, Tales of the Jazz Age (1922), includes at least two masterpieces-- May Day and The Diamond as Big as the Ritz . This edition reproduces Tales of the Jazz Age in full, along with several uncollected stories from the early 1920s, including Dice, Brassknuckles and Guitar , which closely anticipates the themes and characters of The Great Gatsby. James L.W. West III traces the textual history of the stories, and provides detailed historical notes and references.Introduction; Tales of the Jazz Age; Additional stories, May 1923March 1925; Record of variants; Explanatory notes; Appendix 1. Dummy table of contents; Appendix 2. Composition, publication, and earnings. Tales of the Jazz Age is a superb edition of classic literaturl“'